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2007 In Finland
Events in the year 2007 in Finland. Incumbents * President – Tarja Halonen * Prime Minister – Matti Vanhanen Events *18 March – the 2007 Finnish parliamentary election *10 & 12 May - Eurovision Song Contest 2007 *7 November - Jokela school shooting *21 October – Kimi Raikkonen wins the Championship against Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton, in Brazil Deaths *2 January – Eino Lehtinen, veteran of the Finnish Civil War (b. 1900) *6 January – Alvar Saukko, civil servant and politician (b. 1929). *31 January – Kirka, musician (b. 1950) *21 February – Oiva Halmetoja, athlete (b. 1920). *27 February – Raimo Karlsson, wrestler (b. 1948). *24 March – Pentti Ikonen, swimmer (b. 1934). *8 April – Osmo Harkimo, cinematographer (b. 1923) *14 April – Reino Poutanen, rower (b. 1928). *15 April – Paavo Tiilikainen, politician (b. 1923). *16 April – Kaarlo Yrjö-Koskinen, baron, journalist and diplomat (b. 1930) *29 April – Pentti Lehto, illustrato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Finland
The president of the Republic of Finland ( fi, Suomen tasavallan presidentti; sv, Republiken Finlands president) is the head of state of Finland. Under the Constitution of Finland, executive power is vested in the Finnish Government and the president, with the latter possessing only residual powers. The president is directly elected by universal suffrage for a term of six years. Since 1994, no president may be elected for more than two consecutive terms. The president must be a Natural-born-citizen clause, natural-born Finnish citizen. The presidential office was established in the Constitution of Finland#Historical background and reform, Constitution Act of 1919. The incumbent president is Sauli Niinistö. He was elected for the first time in 2012 Finnish presidential election, 2012 and was re-elected in 2018 Finnish presidential election, 2018. Finland has, for most of Independence of Finland, its independence, had a semi-presidential system in which the president had much a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirka
Kirill "Kirka" Babitzin (22 September 1950 – 31 January 2007) was one of the most commercially successful Finnish musicians. His career spanned from the late 1960s until his death in 2007. Previously associated with Ilkka Lipsanen's The Islanders band, Kirka went on to record a wide array of rock and pop music. Some of his most famous songs include Hetki Lyö (Beat the Clock), Leijat (Kites) and Varrella virran (Down by the River). His 1988 album Surun Pyyhit Silmistäni (The Sadness in Your Eyes) went on to be one of the best sold records in Finnish history. He also represented Finland in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest. Early life Kirill Babitzin was born in Helsinki in 1950 to a Russian family. His father, Leon Babitzin was from St. Petersburg and fled to Finland in the aftermath of the October Revolution. His mother, Elizaveta Babitzin (née Zarubina) was partially of German-Russian descent and was born in Lappeenranta. He first got into music at the age of five when h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnar Wikström
Ragnar Wikström (22 January 1940 – 23 July 2007) was a Finnish figure skater. As a singles skater, he was a two-time Nordic champion (1963–64) and a nine-time Finnish national champion (1957–58, 1960–64, 1967, 1969), representing HSK. Wikström also competed in pair skating, becoming the 1962 national pairs champion with Eeva Sjögren. Born in Kokkola, where his family had evacuated due to World War II, Wikström lived most of his life in Helsinki. He studied at the Helsinki University of Technology, graduating with an engineer's degree in 1964, and became a member of the Finnish Geotechnical Society. He had two children with his wife and was related to Walter Jakobsson, the 1920 Olympic pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ... champion, on h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Viskari
Antti Viskari (born 1 May 1928 in Joutseno, Lappeenranta, Etelä-Karjala, Finland; died 4 June 2007) was a Finnish former long-distance runner. He has a personal best for the marathon of 2:21:27, which he set in 1960. Viskari competed in the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, placing 53rd. He won the 1956 Boston Marathon The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897, the event was i ... on a course found to be short. He died in Finland in 2007. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18. References 1928 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toivo Telen
Toivo Telen (10 April 1924 – 30 May 2007) was a Finnish shot putter who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... References 1924 births 2007 deaths Finnish male shot putters Olympic athletes for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainer Lemström
Kaarlo Rainer Lemström (23 August 1931, Loppi - 18 May 2007) was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1972 to 1975, representing the Finnish Rural Party The Finnish Rural Party ( fi, Suomen maaseudun puolue, SMP; sv, Finlands landsbygdsparti, FLP) was an agrarian and populist political party in Finland. Starting as a breakaway faction of the Agrarian League in 1959 as the Small Peasants' Party ... (SMP). He was the party secretary of the SMP from 1970 to 1972 and again from 1977 to 1979. References 1931 births 2007 deaths People from Loppi Finnish Rural Party politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1972–1975) {{FinnsParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eeki Mantere
Erik Kristian “Eeki” Mantere (25 January 1949, in Helsinki – 30 April 2007, in Espoo) was a Finnish musician that became famous in the 1970s as Viktor Kalborrek, soloist of the band Hullujussi. After Hullujussi disbanded in 1976, Mantere continued to perform as Viktor Kalborrek until the new millennium, albeit mainly in restaurants, department stores and TV programs. Playing a character that strongly resembled Kalborrek, he acted in the Seppo Huunonen movie ''The Hair'' from 1974. In 1989, he played Kalborrek in a supporting role in the Visa Mäkinen film '' Screws on Loose''. In the Juha Tapaninen movie, the '' Iskelmäprinssi'' from 1991, Mantere dropped the Kaborrek act and played an Italian fashion guru. In addition to his acting skills, Mantere also worked as a guitarist, composer, lyricist. Under his artistic name, he released the album ''Synnyin kiertämään'' in 1987. Mantere also hosted several TV shows and did ads. One of Mantere's recurring characters in the ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentti Lehto
Pentti Johannes Lehto (February 15, 1924 – April 20, 2007) was a Finnish illustrator, caricaturist, cartoonist and author of children's books. He lived in Tampere and drew cartoons for newspapers and magazines such as Aamulehti and Apu APU or Apu may refer to: Film and television * ''The Apu Trilogy'', a series of three Bengali films, directed by Satyajit Ray, with the fictional character Apu Roy, comprising: ** ''Pather Panchali'' (''Song of the Little Road'') (1955), the first .... His pseudonym as a cartoonist was ''Penalehto''. Works * ''Salaperäiset kirjaimet''. Karisto 1952 * ''Herjat & narrit''. WSOY 1979 References Suomen kuvittajat Aarne Nopsasesta Alvar Aaltoon, Martta Wendelinistä Urpo Huhtaseen 17.10.2006 : Pentti Lehto ''finnish'' Finnish cartoonists Finnish caricaturists Finnish illustrators Finnish children's writers Finnish children's book illustrators Writers who illustrated their own writing 1924 births 2007 deaths {{Finland-artist-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaarlo Yrjö-Koskinen
Kaarlo Juhana Yrjö-Koskinen (26 March 1930 Helsinki – 16 April 2007 Helsinki) was a Finnish baron, journalist and diplomat who worked in industrial organizations but did his real life work in Finland's foreign affairs and acted as Finland's ambassador in several countries. Yrjö-Koskinen graduated as a lawyer in 1955. His first job at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs was the secretary of the Honorary Consul in Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ..., France. These tasks were often unpopular and focused on trade relations and seafaring problems. After serving as an official in several Finnish delegations, Yrjö-Koskinen participated in the establishment of the OECD Delegation in Finland in 1968. He was Head of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paavo Tiilikainen
Paavo Herman Tiilikainen (12 July 1923, Ruokolahti – 15 April 2007) was a Finnish politician from the Social Democratic Party. Tiilikainen worked as lumberyard worker in Ruokolahti and Imatra, and got elected to Imatra city council for terms from 1948 to 1950 and from 1954 to 1984. Between 1963 and 1969, he was a member of the SDP party committee. In 1996, he became an honorary member of the SDP. He got elected as a member of the parliament from 1970 to 1979, and between 1973 and 1975 he led the SDP parliamentary group as chairman. From November 1975 to September 1976, Tiilikainen served as Minister of the Interior in the cabinet of Martti Miettunen Martti Juhani Miettunen (17 April 1907 – 19 January 2002), was a Finnish politician who served twice as Finland's prime minister, from 1961 to 1962 and again from 1975 to 1977. Miettunen was born in Simo, the son of a smallholder. He studi .... References 1923 births 2007 deaths People from Ruokolahti Social De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reino Poutanen
Reino Richard Poutanen (21 February 1928 – 14 April 2007) was a Finnish rower who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; .... In 1956 he was a crew member of the Finnish boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed fours event. He was also part of the Finnish boat which was eliminated in the repêchage of the coxless four competition. Four years later he was eliminated with the Finnish boat in the semi-finals of the coxed four event. External links Reino Poutanen's profile at Sports Reference.com 1928 births 2007 deaths Finnish male rowers Olympic rowers of Finland Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osmo Harkimo
Osmo Uolevi "Ossi" Harkimo (formerly Händelin, 7 October 1923 – 8 April 2007) was a Finnish cinematographer. During his career, he shot more than 40 films. He is best remembered as one of the four cinematographers of the Edvin Laine film '' The Unknown Soldier'' (1955), for which he received a Jussi Award. He received another Jussi Award for his work in the Matti Kassila film ''Sininen viikko'' (1954). Since 1961, he worked as a director for the Finnish Broadcasting Company. He also had small acting roles in films such as ''The Unknown Soldier'', ''Pähkähullu Suomi'' (1967) and ''Badding'' (2000). Osmo Harkimo was married to Doris Hackman, a descendant of the founder of the Hackman cutlery company. Together they had three children: Roy ("Rolle"), Maria, and businessman Harry "Hjallis" Harkimo. Selected filmography as a cinematographer *''Intohimon vallassa'' (1947) *''Isäntä soittaa hanuria'' (1949) *''Kaunis Veera eli Ballaadi Saimaalta'' (1950) *''Radio tulee hulluks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
